United States v. Soares’s Empirical Analysis
521 F.3d 117 · 2008
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 6 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently August 2025 · most notably United States v. Camacho (2011), United States v. Ruidíaz (2008)
15 federal appellate · 6 district · 3 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Ornelas v. United States · Whren v. United States · United States v. Arvizu · Brown v. Texas
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'we recite the facts as found by the district court, consistent with record support,' including the testimony from the motion hearing.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'view the facts in the light most favorable to the district court's ruling' on the motion.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“used abusive and profane language, and ... became increasingly agitated as the stop progressed”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.